In the spring of 1865, they were briefly dispatched to Camp Cady as a base for patrols of the Mojave Road.
Seligman was a stage stop on the Mojave Road, and its successor Historic U.S. Route 66.
The Mojave Road ran past the spring, as did the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad.
In 1826, Jedediah Smith became the first American to travel the Mojave Road from Utah to California.
Indian Hill, Indian Well - North of the Mojave Road at mile 40, there is an old well of debatable origin.
Rock Spring - The biggest watering hole along the Mojave Road.
The Indian trail, later the immigrants' Mojave Road, paralleled the river from Soda Lake to the Cajon Pass.
The historic Mojave Road now goes through the Mojave National Preserve.
The route Garcés took to the coast became known to later travelers as the Mojave Road.
The preserve is commonly traversed by 4 wheel drive vehicles traveling on the historic Mojave Road.